June 30, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in June 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Bach , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Cello , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Instrumental Music , Italian opera , Jazz , Lieder , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
May 26, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in May 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Banjo , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Electric guitar , Flute , Guitar instruction , Gustav Holst , Holiday music , Instrumental Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Singing , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
May 5, 2022
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This blog celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month by presenting a composer who helped shape Hollywood's film music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957).
Posted in: American Composers , Film Music , Instrumental Music , Jewish American Heritage Month , Soundtrack
April 7, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week we are celebrating National Library Week! This year's Honorary Chair, Molly Shannon, honors the work of her favorite librarian--her mother. Read on to learn more about the history and importance of National Library Week.
Posted in:
Warning: Attempt to read property "slug" on null in /var/www/html/wp-includes/taxonomy.php on line 4695
Aaron Copland , American Braille , American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille History , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Braille Technology , Circulation , Classical Music , Free Braille Music Scores , History , Instrumental Music , Interviews , Large Print , Large Print Music , Leadership , Leonard Bernstein , Library of Congress , Louis Braille , Marrakesh Treaty , Music and Art , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Recordings , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized
March 31, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in March 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , American Folklife Center , Art Songs , Audio , Banjo , Bass Guitar Instruction , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Choral , Classical Music , Electric guitar , Folk Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Talking Books , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Vocal music , World Music
March 17, 2022
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
We continue our celebration of Women's History Month with programs from the Library of Congress featuring music made by women. You can now enjoy these concerts, interviews, and lectures as NLS talking books available from the Music Section!
Posted in: American Composers , American Folklife Center , Audio , Interviews , Library of Congress , Music History and Appreciation , Talking Books , Women in Music , Women's History Month
March 10, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
As we continue our A to Z journey through the NLS Music Collection, we take a closer examination of the Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" by Charles Ives, otherwise known as the "Concord Sonata."
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Art Songs , Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Classical Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Leonard Bernstein , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Piano , Piano Music , Song settings , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music
February 3, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we look at the incredible life of Francis "Frank" Johnson (1792-1844). Celebrate Black History Month with us as we pay tribute to an African American composer, band leader, and pioneer.
Posted in: African American History month , American Composers , Band , Black History Month , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Classical Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , March , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Piano , Piano Music , Talking Books , Uncategorized
January 13, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post continues the NLS Music Section's series of American Music from A to Z. This week, we take a look at the life and music of Hazel Dickens.
Posted in: American Composers , American Folklife Center , Audio , Banjo , Bluegrass , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Country Music , Folk Music , Guitar , Labor , Mandolin , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Recordings , Smithsonian Folkways , Talking Books , Women in Music
